ACCOUNTS, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM, 



In the Grand Central Saloon has been placed a cast of the head of one of the colossal 

 Statues before the Temple of Jbsamboul, from the same collection. 



The general Catalogues have been kept up as far as time and the strength of the depart- 

 ment would admit. 



The Catalogue of the Coins purchased last year from the Rev. Mr. Arundel has been 

 completed. 



The Catalogue of the first collection of (/oins purchased from Mr. Stevi^art has also been 

 completed. 



The Catalogue of the Coins purchased from Mr. Millingen is in pi'ogress. 



The catalogue of Egyptian Antiquities is completed. 



The descriptions of the Museum Marbles, which will form Parts IX. and X., are in pro" 

 gress. Part IX. is very nearly ready for the press. 



The principal acquisitions of the past year have been a Bronze Statue, the size of life, 

 found at Zifteh, and brought from Egypt by M. Mimaut, from whose executors it was 

 purchased. 



A collection of casts of several remarkable objects in Egypt made fix)m moulds brought 

 thence by Mr. Hay. 



About 2,500 Coins, amongst the most remarkable of which are^ — 



A collection of 420, chiefly of European Greece, purchased from Mr. Millingen : 

 A selection of 281, purchased at the sale of Mr. Stewart's general collection of Greek 

 Coins : 



A selection of 525 of the choicest specimens reserved by Mr. Stewart from various col- 

 lections which he had purchased at sundry times : 

 Some Anglo-Gallic coins purchased at the sale of General Ainslie's collection : 

 A collection of 220 modern Maltese Coins : and a collection of Anglo-Saxon Coins, 

 239 in number, found near Gravesend. 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



The Catalogue Raisonne of the Sheepshanks collection has been continued to the end of 

 the fifth volume of Bartsch. 



The collection of Etchings by Claude Lorraine has been remounted in a new portfolio. 



The collection of Prints after Corregio has been re-arranged in seven portfolios, and is ia 

 progress of being mounted. 



The Prints by Sir R. Strange, which were dispersed in various portfolios, have been 

 removed, and brought together for mounting in portfolios. 



The Prints of the old German School have been un-mounted, cleaned, repaired, and are 

 in progress of being mounted in new portfolios. 



The following are the principal additions which have been made, — 



108 Prints after Sir Joshua Reynolds. 



12 Prints after Benjamin West. 

 129 Prints after Sir Thomas Lawrence. 



64 Prints after Sir David Wilkie. 



27 Prints by Sir Robert Strange. 



35 Prints by W. WooUet. 



together with various valuable Etchings and Engravings of the old Italian, German, aad 

 Dutch Schools. 



27 February ^841. J Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian. 



